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A homozygous MYBPC3 gene mutation associated with a severe phenotype and a high risk of sudden death in a family with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Revista espanola de cardiologia - 1 May 2009
Ortiz Martín F, Rodríguez-García María Isabel, Hermida-Prieto Manuel, Fernández Xusto, Veira Elena, Barriales-Villa Roberto, Castro-Beiras Alfonso, Monserrat Lorenzo
Abstract excerpt
Genetic studies can play a key role in the comprehensive evaluation of familiar hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and in the development of individualized medicine. Although only a few cases have been described, there exists a group of patients with complex genotypes that are associated with severe disease manifestations and a high risk of sudden death. We describe a family in which some members experienced the early...
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